# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:40:16.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-martin"
name: "François Martin"
slug: "francois-martin"
description: "François Martin was the first Governor-general of Puducherry in French India. In 1673, Sher Khan Lodi, the ruler of Valikandapuram under the Sultan of Bijapur granted Bellanger de l'Espinay a site for a settlement. A shrewd and able administrator, François Martin, former director of the Machilipatnam lodge of French India, developed Puducherry, the future capital of French India in 1674, into a thriving port. He is known as the Father of Puducherry."
tagline: "French colonial governor (1634-1706)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1634"
deathDate: "1706-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             8.96103896103896
  historical:           6.549029333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Martin"
    title: "François Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسوا مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Martin_(Gouverneur)"
    title: "François Martin (Gouverneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Martin_(Pondicherry)"
    title: "François Martin (Pondicherry)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Martin_(gouverneur)"
    title: "François Martin (gouverneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Martin"
    title: "François Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Мартин, Франсуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump